Catherine SmartNov 11, 20192 min readPuppy(ies) LoveThese weren’t the great wracking sobs from the night the accident happened, but the kind of crying where your heart constricts and your...
Catherine SmartJun 28, 20188 min readCome Fly With Me ( or, the Internal Ramblings of an Out-of-Practice Tourist)I’m about to take a trip. A trip on my own, for the first time in (counts fingers on both hands). I’m flying to Germany to visit family...
Catherine SmartMay 5, 20182 min readChia WhizWhile assiduously not grading MacBeth exams, I found myself scrolling through the internet looking for, well, pug memes (if you must...
Catherine SmartFeb 24, 20184 min readRuthless Re-imaginings: A Dramatic Interpretation of my Children as Macbeth’s WitchesACT I SCENE I. A basement place, a Thursday after school. Fluorescent lights flicker. Enter THREE TEENAGERS with bags of chips, sodas,...
Catherine SmartFeb 11, 20187 min readDeployment Cake, Honesty and Kurt Vonnegut’s UncleOur youngest rugrat, Facetiming Dad before school to show him a Lego creation Twenty years ago today, I was cutting the cake at my...